14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 adoption has slowed down a little bit in terms of global figures, but as far as gaming is concerned, Microsoft’s new operating system is growing at a more than satisfying pace.
New statistics provided to us by Valve’s Steam gaming platform show that Windows 10 not only significantly improved its share last month but it was also the only Windows version that actually recorded an increase in November. Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows 8.1 all lost users, figures show.
Right now, Windows 7 continues to be the preferred choice for Steam gamers, but statistics point out that its share is rapidly declining while, at the same time, Windows 10 is gaining fast.
Windows, the dominant leader
The 64-bit version of Windows 7 thus maintains the leading spot with 35.63 percent, down 1.64 percent from the month before, while Windows 10 not only remains on the second place but also gets very close to its predecessor. A total of 28.81 percent of the machines running Steam last month were powered by Windows 10, an increase of 2.39 percent from October.
Windows 8.1 64-bit is next on the list with 16.50 percent, down 0.96 percent, while the 32-bit version of Windows 7 remains on the fourth place with 7.84 percent, also down but only 0.35 percent.
Overall, Windows is still number one on Steam with an overwhelming share of 95.26 percent, a decrease of 0.19 percent from the month before. But Windows 10 surely helps this adoption, and even bigger figures are expected next month.
For example, the growth posted by Windows 10 this month was more than twice the Steam share of all Linux distributions currently on the market, which are still powering less than 1 percent (0.98%) of the gaming systems on the market. Mac OS X is currently at 3.64 percent, up 0.15 percent from last month.